Sviatoslav Richter playing Chopin, and interviewed - "Richter, the Enigma"

Watch the first part here: www.medici.tv Watch the second part here: www.medici.tv Sviatoslav Richter plays an Etude by Chopin (op. 25 No. 11), and answers questions from Bruno Monsaingeon in an interview exctracted from "Richter, the Enigma" ("Richter, l'Insoumis")
Sviatoslav Richter piano pianist Chopin Bruno Monsaingeon etude 25 11 Enigma Insoumis don't like myself medici.tv medici medicitv
Glenn Gould on Sviatoslav Richter (with updated video information)

Glenn Gould on Sviatoslav Richter, and in particular his interpretation of Schubert. UPDATE re: the voice in this clip -- it turns out that this was taken from a Russian TV program, in which Gould originally spoke in English but was later overdubbed in Russian. The original English audio was lost, and it had to be re-overdubbed in English, using the text of Gould's comments (which is stored at the National Library of Canada). So while the voice is not Gould's, the comments are.
glenn gould sviatoslav richter franz schubert sonata piano classical music lyph ny
Sviatoslav Richter plays Prokofiev: Suggestion Diabolique

Sergei Prokofiev, Suggestion Diabolique, Op. 4, No. 4 Live recording, 1961
sviatoslav richter prokofiev suggestion diabolique piano classical truecrypt
Sviatoslav Richter plays Chopin "Barcarolle"

Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Live recording, 1966
sviatoslav richter chopin barcarolle piano classical truecrypt
Sviatoslav Richter - Mozart piano concerto no.5 (1st movt)

Piano Concerto no.5 in D, k175 (composed 1773) I. Allegro
Sviatoslav Richter plays Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 (1/6)

Part I Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 1. Moderato Recording 1959, Conductor - Sanderling
sviatoslav richter rachmaninoff concerto piano classical truecrypt
Sviatoslav Richter plays Mozart Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 1. Allegro 2. Romance 3. Rondo. Allegro assai Live recording, 1950, Conductor - Kirill Kondrashin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto Piano D Minor Sviatoslav Richter Classical truecrypt
Sviatoslav Richter plays Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Concerto

Part I Rimsky Korsakov: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 30 1. Moderato - Allegretto quasi polacca 2. Andante mosso Recording 1950, Moscow Youth Orchestra, Conductor - Kirill Kondrashin
sviatoslav richter rimsky-korsakov piano concerto classical truecrypt
Sviatoslav Richter in Salzburg, 1972 - Bach WTC I (1/4)

00:00 - Prelude & Fugue I BWV 846 in C 04:29 - Prelude & Fugue II BWV 847 in C minor 07:29 - Prelude & Fugue III BWV 848 in C sharp 10:49 - Prelude & Fugue IV BWV 849 in C sharp minor 20:25 - Prelude & Fugue V BWV 850 in D 23:30 - Prelude & Fugue VI BWV 851 in D minor www.youtube.com
Richter 1972 Bach WTKBI WTC well tempered First Public Channel
Sviatoslav Richter plays Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 - I. Allegro molto moderato

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 I: Allegro molto moderato [12:41] Sviatoslav Richter: Piano Orchestre National de l' Opera de Monte Carlo conducted by Vovro von Matacic Recorded: 25-30.XI.1974, Palais Garnier, Monte Carlo
sviatoslav richter grieg piano concerto a-minor op 16 allegro molto moderato Sykiesfk
Chopin - Piano Recital - Sviatoslav Richter (1976, Moscow Conservatory)

Sviatoslav Richter, piano (10 October 1976, Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory) FRYDERYK CHOPIN Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61 Waltz op. 34 n.3 in F major Waltz op. 70 n.3 in D-flat major Mazurka op. 63 n.3 in C-sharp minor Mazurka op. 67 n.3 in C major Mazurka op. 68 n.3 in F major Mazurka n. 51 "Émile Gaillard" in A min (posth.) Etude op. 25 n. 7 in C-sharp minor Scherzo n.4 op.54 in E major
Chopin Sviatoslav Richter Moscow piano classical capitantotti
Sviatoslav Richter - Documentary - The Enigma - vol. 1- 1/8

The first part of the acclaimed docu-biography of the Ukrainian/German pianist Sviatoslav Richter including archive footage and an interview with the 80 year old Richter. . some quotes about richter (form wiki): The Italian critic Piero Rattalino has asserted that the only pianists comparable to Richter in the history of piano performance were Franz Liszt and Ferruccio Busoni. Glenn Gould called Richter one of "the most powerful musical communicators of our time". Nathan Milstein described Richter in his memoir "From Russia to the West" as the following: "Richter was certainly a marvelous pianist but not as impeccable as he was reputed to be. His music making was too dry for me. In Richter's interpretation of Ravel's Jeux d'eau, instead of flowing water you hear frozen icicles." Van Cliburn attended a Richter recital in 1958 in the Soviet Union. He reportedly cried during the recital and, upon returning to the United States, described Richter's playing as "the most powerful piano playing I have ever heard".
documentary the enigma part sviatoslav richter virtuose russia classical piano schumann glenn gould prokofiev haydn shostakovich liszt chopin mozart beethoven rostropovich rachmaninov yamaha stagesix
Sviatoslav Richter plays Debussy "Suite Bergamasque" (1/2)

Part 1 Calude Cebussy - Suite Bergamasque 1. Prélude 2. Menuet Live recording, 1960
sviatoslav richter debussy Suite Bergamasque piano classical truecrypt
Sviatoslav Richter plays Shostakovich Prelude & Fugue in D-flat major

Sviatoslav Richter plays Shostakovich Prelude & Fugue in D-flat major, op. 87 - November 9, 1956.
Sviatoslav Richter Shostakovich Prelude Fugue Comrade Komaron
Sviatoslav Richter plays Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie Op. 61 (1/2)

Part 1 Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat major, op.61
sviatoslav richter chopin polonaise-fantasie piano classical truecrypt
Sviatoslav Richter plays Tchaikovsky Méditation, Op.72 No.5

Peter Tchaikovsky - Méditation, Op.72 No.5
sviatoslav richter tchaikovsky meditation piano classical truecrypt





























